I’m having trouble with MySQL Workbench’s data import feature. When I try to load a CSV file that contains 2361 total records, the import process only brings in 564 rows and then stops. I’m using the built-in Table Data Import Wizard but can’t understand why it’s not processing the complete dataset. The CSV file appears to be properly formatted and I can see all the data when I open it in a text editor. Has anyone encountered this issue before? I’ve tried restarting the import several times but get the same result each time. Any ideas on what might be causing this incomplete import or how to fix it would be really helpful.
workbench caps imports with a default row limit - hit up sql editor prefs for the ‘limit rows’ setting. usually at 1000 or so. skip the gui wizard, use mysqlimport from cmd line instead. way more reliable.
Had this exact problem last year - spent hours pulling my hair out. Turned out to be column delimiter issues. My CSV had commas inside quoted text fields, and MySQL Workbench was treating those as field separators instead of actual data. The data looked perfect when I opened it normally, but the parser was getting confused about column counts halfway through. Fixed it by manually setting the field delimiter and text qualifier in the import wizard instead of letting it auto-detect. Also check for blank rows mixed in with your data - empty lines can make the import process think they’re malformed records and just quit. I’d open your CSV around row 565 and see if there’s anything weird in those rows.
check ur mysql workbench error log - itll show where the import fails. might be a mem limit issue since workbench chokes on large files. try upping the timeout settings in prefs or use LOAD DATA INFILE, it handles big datasets way better.
Same thing happened to me a few months back - super frustrating. Turned out there was a weird character hiding in row 565 or somewhere around there. The CSV looked totally normal in my text editor, but some invisible character was breaking everything. I opened it in a hex editor and found corrupted data that wasn’t showing up anywhere else. Cleaned it up, saved it as UTF-8, and boom - worked perfectly. Try splitting your CSV into smaller pieces to find the exact row that’s causing issues. MySQL Workbench gets picky about data types and formatting stuff that’s not always obvious.
I’ve hit this before when my CSV had mixed data types in columns expecting specific formats. MySQL Workbench’s import wizard is picky about validation and stops dead when it finds rows that don’t match the schema. Double-check your table structure matches the CSV data types - especially dates and numeric columns that might have nulls or weird formatting. Line endings are another gotcha. If you created the CSV on a different OS, the terminators can mess up how the import reads row boundaries. Convert the file to consistent line endings and try again.